This is fascinating in that speaks a lot to Japan as a country in general. A lot of things about Japan are great, but the country has been almost totally stagnant since the bubble burst in the ‘90s and there is deep resistance to change and modernization.
There are many places in Japan (neighborhoods, hotels, tourism resorts etc) that have basically never changed at all since the late ‘80s. It’s like going in a surreal time machine. TDS reminds me of that sometimes as very little of TDS has actually changed since opening (again Fantasy Springs will change some of that).
Being the country with the second oldest population in the world will do that.
It is one thing I never thought of and a major thing I loved while there.
Everything seemed like it was the 90s, but perfected.
And in some cases, you go to a department store and it is like it has not changed many aspects since the 40s and you can feel underclassed or at least underdressed.